Enough Already !

[tmtcsc]

The media bashing on LeBron James for his bad play and lack of leadership is taking away from what the Mavs accomplished.

I'm a Spurs fan and was rooting for the Heat to lose (I can't bring myself to say that I wanted the Mavs to win). The Mavs can go back to eating sh*t now for all I care but they deserve to be called Champions.

They overcame a choke job to beat Protland, SWEPT the back to back champion Lakers and beat a very athletic and young OKC team to reach the finals. Last night they won their first title and did it on the road. That's an impressive and well earned title but most of what we are hearing from the media is what LeBron didn't do.

Give me a break !! Shelve it already. Give the Mavs their due.

[mavsfan1000]

Mavs will never get their due. They will always be on the backburner to the topic of the Heat choking and Lebron being a bad leader. The media sucks.

[shorttotry]

But as a Spurs fan you gotta bask in the warmth of watching Lebron choke again. Nothing against the Mavs. It felt dirty pulling for them, but it was all worth watching Lebron lose.

[JamStone]

It was funny listening to the ESPN analysts say something to the effect that "we shouldn't take anything away from the Mavs" or "credit that to the Mavs" and then proceed to talk about LeBron and the Heat for the rest of the segment.

[jag]

Welcome to 2007

[Agloco]

Mavs will never get their due. They will always be on the backburner to the topic of the Heat choking and Lebron being a bad leader. The media sucks.

Welcome to the house that Spurfan has resided in since 1999. Perhaps now you won't be so quick to judge when you see a post about the Spurs being disrespected.

We know this all too well.

[Agloco]

It was funny listening to the ESPN analysts say something to the effect that "we shouldn't take anything away from the Mavs" or "credit that to the Mavs" and then proceed to talk about LeBron and the Heat for the rest of the segment.

This.

I'm sure Cuban reminded them that Miami was going to be the story regardless so they might as well be the ones holding the trophy at the end.

[endrity]

Tbf, you could make an argument that the Heat could have swept the first 4 games and therefore were "giving it away" (though you could just as easily say that it could have been 3-1 Mavs).

But in the last two games the Mavs broke them. Their defense finally got tired of chasing the ball (in fact you could see it in game 4 already) and the Mavs were ready to resume doing what they do best, i.e knocking down open jumpers. They really took that title these last two games. They wanted it more, they fought tooth and nails, and eventually broke the Heat's will. That's what it seemed to me.

[tmtcsc]

But as a Spurs fan you gotta bask in the warmth of watching Lebron choke again. Nothing against the Mavs. It felt dirty pulling for them, but it was all worth watching Lebron lose.

Yeah, that's for sure. And now I've gone back to my life with my same problems after hating on Quitness, Witless, Winless, LeGone James.

CONGRATS to Dirk Nowitzki who I've always admired as a player. He kind of had the same rep as David Robinson. Good, but not good enough. He put the team on his shoulders and played the best basketball of his life. With all the problems and struggles he endured over the years, he stayed loyal to his franchise, didn't make excuses and got to the top. How much more satisfying to win that way. All the struggles make the success all the more enjoyable.

[DMC]

Well, at least it wasn't Kobe-gate like in 2007 when there was a blurb on the back page about the Spurs win, and the front page was about Kobe crying about quitting.

[Spurminator]

http://i.imgur.com/XOGXW.jpg

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

ESPN feeling like Dr. Frankenstein. They made this monster, now they're pulling out all the stops to destroy it.

[DMC]

Still waiting for the "10 Biggest Disappointments in Sports History" that I predicted the day the "Heat Index" went live.

[ElNono]

Any news on LeBron choking?

[Trainwreck2100]

LeBron James was right: The people who run the Peoria Chiefs really did wake up on Monday morning with their usual host of personal problems.

Chief, uh, among them: How were they supposed to bring widespread publicity to their Single-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs without spending a lot of money —or any money at all, really?

Luckily, the defeated but smug Miami Heat star provided them with enough inspiration to make this an easy work week. And so the Chiefs will be holding "LeBron James 2011 NBA Championship Replica Ring Giveaway" night for Thursday night's game.

The catch being that the ring, like the one James didn't earn against the Dallas Mavericks, is non-existent so fans will really just be receiving a handful of air. The joke "giveaway" is being tacked on to an already scheduled promotion celebrating Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls' run of six NBA titles over eight years during the 1990s.

From the Peoria Chiefs press release:

In addition to the LeBron replica ring, the Chiefs are looking into whether or not the game can skip the fourth inning to honor King James who took off the fourth quarter of every finals game.

"We aren't sure if the league will allow it," said team President Rocky Vonachen. "But if LeBron doesn't need to show up for the fourth, maybe we won't either."

One lucky fan will win a replica of James' 2011 Finals MVP Award which he earned with his clutch fourth quarter play. Fans will also have the opportunity to learn how to perform the Heimlich to prevent themselves or their colleagues from choking in a big situation.

"Really this is just us getting back to the real world and waking up today and trying to solve our own personal problems," said Vice President of Ticket Sales Eric Obalil.

I'm usually not a big fan of minor league teams jumping on the latest sports news for a cheap headline or promotion, especially if it doesn't involve the sport they play.

But I have to hand it to the chiefs of the Chiefs. It sure takes a lot of guts to schedule a giveaway mocking LeBron's lack of rings when you're feeding a big league baseball franchise that hasn't won one since 1908. Especially when the Cubs are currently a heck of a lot farther away from winning a championship than James and the Heat.

[DMC]

Any Cubs associated outfit should never talk shit about choking.

[Proxy]

Mavs being ignored by the media, and you're complaining? Spurs started that shit in '99.

[mavsfan1000]

What was wrong with Lebron?